Republican Convention Scheduled in Chicago for June
Washington reports the Republican National Committee ratified the plan for the presidential nominating convention to be held in Chicago starting Tuesday June 18. Taft backers gained key committee control and the Indiana push led by Col Harry S New influenced convention arrangements while Taft forces extended to seven members.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Denver
St. Luis
St. Tonis
Col
Cecil Lyon
Texas
National Committee
Charles Z. Willes
Taft
Harry
New
Indiana
Hilles
Hitchcock
Sign of life in Briceville mine amid mass deaths
Rescue teams at Briceville Tennessee followed chalk directions through Cross Mountain shafts after discovering a corpse filled chamber. By eleven a total of thirty bodies had been recovered as two miners in the rescue party went mad and fled through dark passages. Additional squads were sent to capture the two men before lethal gas exposure.
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Briceville, Venn
Cross Mountain
Royal Pair Proclaimed Rulers of East India
Delhi December 12 King George V and Queen Mary were proclaimed emperor and empress of India in a lavish durbar. The ceremony featured a large viceroy procession, royal guards, military bands, and generous pledges to support popular education.
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East India
Delhi
George V
Mary
India
Durbas
Plae
Garter
Star of
Dia
Star of India
Lifeless Dentist Dr. Charles M. Corns Found Dead
The lifeless body of Dr. Charles M. Corns 34 was found in his home at 2218 Miner Street. Coroner Dr. A J Kesler ruled death from convulsions due to acute stomach and bowel inflammation likely lasting only hours. Neighbors and patrolmen discovered him after a neighbor prompted a search.
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Charles M. Corns
Miner Street
A. J. Kesler
Corns
Ilnegs
Frank Greenwell
Huntertown
W. C. Barnes
Chicago
Homer Hartman
Dr. Corns
Kesl
Klaehn & Melching
Transfer
Greenwell
Terre Haute
Dayton
Indianapolis
St. Joe
DeKalb County
Sol D. Bayless Lodge
A. M
Louise Greenwell
Train Robbers Strike Coast Line Near Hardeeville
Savannah reports a daytime robbery of Atlantic Coast Line train No. 60 near Hardeeville. Registered mail sacks were seized while the express cars escaped the attack as crew members pursued a halted first section.
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Savannah
Atlantic Coast Line
Hardeeville
D. H. McRoy
Agseligers
Euer
Gma d
Fighting Near Chang Chow North Gate
In China near Chang Chow fighting scatters around the north gate area with reports of clashes and gunfire heard in the vicinity. No details on casualties or sides are confirmed.
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China
North Gate
Robbers escape after post office safe blown at Harlan
Elmer Goldsmith reports two yeggmen cracked the Harlan post office safe between 2 and 3 am, escaping with 26.36 in cash and 40 in stamps. A flashlight man seen near the office, and tracks show a single buggy southward. William Wellon of Cleveland is held on suspicion after a later arrest near Antwerp, Ohio.
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Elmer Goldsmith
Harlan
John G. Mack
W. H. Pratt
Goldsmith
Postasive
A. M. Reichelderfer
Fort Wayne
Barney Sehoentela
Ed Courdevey
William Wellon
Cleveland
Antwerp
Ohio
Edward Reichelderfer
Reichelderfer
Canal survey urged for Indiana barge route among 300 projects
Maurice Niezer reports from the National Waterways association meeting that the commission favors a survey for a Lake Erie to Lake Michigan barge canal. It would cost about 15000 dollars and take eight to ten months, with no fixed route yet chosen.
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Toledo, Fort Wayne and Chicago
National Waterways Commission For Survey
Maurice Niezer
Niezer
National Waterways Association
Washington
Commission
Washington Telegram
National Waterways Commission
Burton
Ohio
Indiana Ship Canal
Congress
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Tail Wagging the Dog in Steel Trust Rail Lines
Washington figures probe railroad stock juggling by the steel trust as the Bes semer and Lake Erie line and the Pittsburg Bessemer and Lake Erie system draw attention. C Baird testifies as Stanley notes that the shorter line rents the longer to profit stockholders while paying dividends.
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Washington
Bessemer and Lake Erie
Pittsburg
Bessemer and
Lake Erie
House “Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
C. Baird
Stanley
Chicago Murder Mystery: Three Suspects Sought in Mrs Kaufman Killing
Chicago police reported a break in the Mrs Hattie Kaufman murder with chauffeur Thomas Jones confessing to driving three men to the scene. He named George Robinson John Stacey and a man known as Fred as robbers and stated the woman was shot after she resisted a hold up. A $2000 reward was offered.
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Chicago
Hattie Kaufman
Oat
Edmund Kaufman
Thomas Jones
Jones
George Robinson
Towhead
John Stacey
Fred
Captain Halpin
Robinson Stacey
Kaufman
Woman Nominates Doctor for City Office in Shank's Absence
Indianapolis December 12 report says the Woman Suffrage Association nominated Dr. Hannah Graham for mayoral duties during Mayor Lew Shank's absence. Speakers claimed Dr. Graham could handle city affairs perhaps more capably than the mayor.
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Indianapolis
Lew Shank
Woman’ Suffrage Association
Hannah Graham
Epworth League to Burn Mortgage at Meeting
The Epworth League of Simpson M E church plans a meeting this evening at Rev W A Griest's home on West Suttenfield Street. The mortgage on the church piano will be burned during the gathering.
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Epworth League
Simpson. M. EE Church
W. A. Griest
Suttenfield
Plano
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Briceville Mine
Uncle Sam
America
The
Denver Post
George and
Dr. C. M
Georgia
Chang Chow
Harlan Postoffice
Steel Trust Committee
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